Director Andy Hall Joins Not To Scale Roster
May 15, 2024
Dvein and Paris VFX masters Mikros Image add a golden touch to models Sophia Ahrens and Jordan Barrett in this kinetic spot for Paco Rabanne’s 1 Million and Lady Million fragrances shot by the one and only Darius Khondji (Se7en, Panic Room). [Watch]
Ben Collier-Marsh, CD at WeCanMake in London experiments with layers and looks in this music video for his friend and Brooklyn musician Sami Fitz. A study in contrasts, the resulting piece is both vibrant and languid, fun and contemplative. [Watch]
UK 2D animation directing duo Remus Buznea and Kyriaki Kyriakou (aka Remus & Kiki) clarify the origins of the Berlin Wall in 1961, the toll it imposed on those who tried to escape East Germany, and it’s eventual destruction in 1990. [Watch]
Possibly the freshest student film we’ve seen this year, “Ivan’s Need” is the gloriously strange graduation film of Lucerne University students Veronica L. Montaño, Manuela Leuenberger, and Lukas Suter. [Watch]
South African directors Tulips and Chimneys (formerly Shy the Sun) re-team with Cape Town animation/VFX house BlackGinger to meld CG with stop motion miniatures in this spot for Cerebos salt thru FCB Durban. [Watch]
Buenos Aires motion house 2veinte say they had a blast cel-animating some of their childhood faves – Scrooge McDuck, Donald, his nephews and Launchpad McQuack – for Disney XD’s worldwide reboot of the DuckTales series. [Watch]
ManvsMachine conjure “a super/natural journey through the depths of a mountain” in this CG stunner designed to highlight the purity of Coca-Cola’s Japanese mineral water brand Ilohas. [Watch]
A brisk and breezy showcase of 35 characters created by Copenhagen motion design studio ccccccc to help Tinder reveal the top jobs among their estimated 50 million members who get swiped right. [Watch]
To celebrate the release of the MASH Dynamics node in Maya 2018, UK 3D masters Mainframe “set out to create a selection of experimental, dynamic scenes using simple primitive shapes as the base objects.” [Watch]
Royal College of Art student Dan Castro calls “Big Finds A Trumpet,” his charming first-year animation film, “A love letter to 50s design and 80s British children’s TV; a love letter to my childhood.” [Watch]
Snappy, vibrant, and a joy to watch, “Big Buddy Blue” by Zurich motion house Team Tumult is the third film in the Tarp Blanche series commissioned by Swiss bag manufacturers Freitag. [Watch]
Part of an ongoing R&D project at the London studios of 3D boundary-pushers FutureDeluxe, “Colour on Colour” uses live action footage to drive intricate and beautiful procedural CG particle animations. [Watch]
Here’s a quick peek at how Blinkink directors Michael Please and Dan Ojari (aka Parabella) broke the interwebs with their new stop motion trailer for the UKs most-loved culinary TV franchise, The Great British Bake Off. [Watch]
To emphasize the handmade nature of HITOTOKI’s crafting products, Dentsu Japan created a delightful stop-motion clock with each of the 1,440 minutes in a day constructed in real-time during one 24-hour take. [Watch]
